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Bietigheim is a lovely town located in the Ludwigsburg district, Stuttgart administrative region of the Baden Wurttemberg state of Germany. Bietigheim has an area of 31 square kilometers an a population of about 43,000 residents. This is the second largest city of the district. Near Bietigheim you can visit by car Stuttgart, located at about 19 kilometers to the north and Heilbronn, located about 20 kilometers to the south. Bietigheim is situated on the Enz River, near the point where this meets Neckar River. Famous residents of the city include the inventor of the Linotype typesetting machine Ottmar Mergenthaler, KDE founder Matthias Ettrich, singer Namosh and the members of the bands Camouflage and Pur. If you plan to see the town, take some time to visit its most beautiful attractions.

Top Attractions within Bietigheim

Bietigheim Horse Market is not a real horse market, but a beer festival. This event takes places every year in Bietigheim and it is always held under the Bietigheim Enz Valley Bridge. Each year hundred thousands visitors come in town to enjoy this great festival which offers live music, great cook-outs and a lot of beer to all those to are a part of it.

Bietigheim Enz Valley Viaduct is a railway bridge crossing over the Enz Valley in Bietigheim. This is one of the landmarks of the city. Karl Etzel was the architect that between 1851 and 1853 directed the construction of this imposing bridge. The viaduct is 287 meters long and currently has 21 arches, as six of them were destroyed during World War II.

Castle of Bietigheim is another landmark of the city. This attractions of Bietigheim was built in 1546. Between 2000 and 2002, the castle was restored under the surveillance of a team of architects who made sure that the renovation works are perfect. In present, the castle is home to the Bietigheim Bissingen Music School.